[FM Discuss] Reg. publishing visa application procedure as manual

[Walter Bender]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Sindhu S <sindhus at live.in> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am Sindhu from Mangalore, India. Until recently, I was only a FLOSS
> enthusiast and now through the Outreach Program for Women, I am a
> FLOSS contributor, my contributions have been mainly to GNOME. Being a
> part of the program gave me an opportunity to attend the Docs Sprint
> at Brno, Czech Republic. However, my visa application was rejected. It
> would have been the first time I left the country. I scrambled about
> asking friends who have traveled abroad previously to attend such
> events in a bid to understand the rejection I received and collate
> information about what to do and importantly what NOT to do in the
> visa application from the internet.
>
> Being a documentation intern, I figured it's only the rite of passage
> for me to document this procedure to help all those who will offered
> similar opportunities in future and would have to apply for a visa, I
> wrote http://sindhus.bitbucket.org/docs/gnome-visa/index.html using
> Mallard (a tool I picked through the internship).
>
> I reckon there are many FLOSS enthusiasts out there who would benefit
> from attending FLOSS events, conferences and unconferences. However, a
> requisite for doing so in a country other than that of the person's
> origin would be to apply for a visa. Embassies of foreign countries
> are governed by rules of their own country rather than administrative
> rules of the host country where the embassy has its office, hence
> making detailed information regarding application for visa somewhat
> inaccessible if the applicant has no friends or family who have
> traveled abroad before to refer to. The information on the internet so
> far as I have seen is fragmented and highly country specific.
>
> So, I was wondering if this counts for a manual or at least a guide?
> If so, how can I get it published to flossmanuals.net?
>
> Thanks!
>
> P.S: My apologies if the post seemed peppered with too much background
> information. It was essential to explain my inspiration to write the
> guide :)
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nice topic for a book

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Walter Bender
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